Friday, March 29, 2013

How to make Thuthuvalai Rasam / South Indian Spicy Rasam Recipes:

Thuthuvalai
Rasam is my mom-in-law’s speciality. She prepares this and give us, while we
are down with cold, fever, head ache, cough and bad throat. It gives instant natural cure from cold and
cough. It is good in balancing the body’s
physiological systems.

This
authentic rasam recipe is very easy to
prepare and tastes heavenly with bursting flavor of spices.It is usually served with steamed rice or
served as hot soup.

We
relished this rasam hot, with steaming rice with a side of egg fry &
pappad..:)

Ingredients:

·Thuthuvalai
leaves (alarka )- 20 to 25 no.s

·Ghee
or Oil- 2 to 3
tsp

·Tamarind-
a small lemon size

·Turmeric
pwd- a pinch

·Hing-
¼ tsp

·Toor
dal- ¼ cup

·Black
pepper corns- 1 tsp

·Mustard - ¼ tsp

·Cumin-1 tsp

·Coriander-1 tsp

·Red
chilly- 1
or 2

·Garlic
-
2 to 3 pods

·Salt
to taste

·Curry
leaves

Method:

1.Soak
tamarind in water and extract juice from it and keep aside.

2.Wash
and cook toor dal along with a pinch of turmeric pwd.

3.Smash
the dal and keep aside.

4.Wash
& clean the Thuthuvalai leaves by carefully plucking the thorns from them.

5.Heat
ghee in a heavy bottomed kadai.

6.Add
the leaves and sauté them in low medium flame, until the leaves shrinks.